Overview

A Ph.D. degree for a student whose highest prior degree is a B.S. requires 84 credit hours of approved study beyond the B.S. degree.

Features

These requirements translate to a minimum of 39 credit hours of organized course work (thirteen 3-credit non-research courses) beyond the Bachelor's Degree plus 45 hours of Ph.D. research, dissertation and unrestricted electives.

A maximum of 100 credit hours as a Geosensing Systems Engineering and Sciences Ph.D. student at University of Houston also applies. After 100 hours, the student is no longer eligible for the lower, Texas-Resident Tuition.

Programme Structure

Curriculum

After completing the research and writing the dissertation, the candidate defends the dissertation in a public meeting of the committee, interested faculty, staff, and students. The result is pass or fail with a pass usually being accompanied by recommended changes to the final draft.

Full-time students receiving financial support must register for 12 credit hours each Fall and Spring semester until they pass the Ph.D. qualifying exam, then students register for 9 credit hours each Fall and Spring and 6 hours each summer semester.

All graduate students must maintain a "B" average (GPA 3.0). Any graduate student who earns three "C" grades in graduate courses will be dropped from the Program. Doctoral students who fail to complete their dissertation within five years after completion of the comprehensive examination must retake the exam.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-08-19 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-05-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

84 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Geology Geographical Information Systems (GIS) View 67 other PhDs in Geology in United States

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Other requirements

General requirements

A B.S. degree in engineering or in a science related to engineering from an accredited college or university or the foreign equivalent of an accredited American B.S. or M.S. degree in engineering. Non-engineers with degrees in related fields may be considered for admission after certain prerequisite courses are completed.

A minimum grade point average (GPA) of "B", i.e., 3.0 on a 4.0 scale on the last 60 hours of course work attempted.

Satisfactory scores on the General Aptitude test of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). The GRE advanced test (engineering) need not be taken. Old scores are valid, provided ETS can provide official copies to us.

Submission of three letters of recommendation is required. The letters are submitted electronically in CollegeNet by the recommenders once their names and contact information is provided.

Tuition Fee

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International

19908 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 948 USD per credit during 48 months.
National

19908 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 948 USD per credit during 48 months.
In-State

8988 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 428 USD per credit during 48 months.

Living costs for Houston

1067 - 1950 USD /month

Living costs

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